# cadmia

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide.

## Etymology
From Latin cadmia, ultimately from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of calamine, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.

## Source
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